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Within this thematic stream the intention is to avoid the common divide between theoretical analysis and empirical application. This stream focusses on theorising organisations and methodologies to achieve change, to offer teaching in the area, as well as advancing its parallel concentration upon practical implementation processes. Research on organisations and change tends to either be very descriptive and instrumental—with limited attention to analysis, socio-political implications, and portability of the research—or it is limited by a managerial organisational orientation. CGF’s research profile challenges these limitations in much existing work in the field. The Centre aims to connect robust and socially located theoretical analysis with reflexive practical implementation in research on organisations and change. In this context, CGF offers a critical approach which raises questions concerning notions of change in organisations, and engages with cutting-edge international debates regarding the meaning of gender equality, and the significance of intersectionality and gender diversity.

The CGF approach is to research possibilities for a feminist approach to social change and then enact implementation strategies to advance those possibilities. By gaining knowledge about how organisations situate themselves, the Centre is also able to contribute new methodologies for change. The theme of ‘Action for organisational change’ is framed by the recognition that feminist research on social life is not merely about understanding and clarifying social processes and power relations but importantly about social innovation to advance social justice.

CGF is presently running two research projects that combines practical understandings of gender equality implementation in small and medium sized companies as well as an EU funded-project investigating entrepreneurship and innovation systems framework in four different countries: Ireland, Sweden, Norway, and Israel. The project Gender Academy https://www.kau.se/genusakademin is working with gender mainstreaming in seven different SME’s. The project is funded by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Region Värmland and Karlstad University.

The transnational research project entitled “Overcoming the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Gender Divide: A Cross-Cultural Perspective” is comparing gender, and national ecosystems of entrepreneurship. Underlying most regional entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem frameworks is the assumption that all entrepreneurs have equal access to resources, participation and support, as well as an equal chance of a successful outcome (venture start-up). However, women are under-represented in successful entrepreneurial ecosystems and a persistent gender bias continues to exist in entrepreneurship discourse and practice. The project further explore the role of technology incubation in influencing women’s engagement in entrepreneurial ecosystems. This project is being funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. To learn more about the project see http://gender-net-plus.eu/joint-call/funded-projects/genre/ as well as our PI, professor Maura McAdam’s homepage http://mauramcadam.com/genre-project/ at DCU, Dublin.

Within this thematic stream the intention is to avoid the common divide between theoretical analysis and empirical application. This stream focusses on theorising organisations and methodologies to achieve change, to offer teaching in the area, as well as advancing its parallel concentration upon practical implementation processes. Research on organisations and change tends to either be very descriptive and instrumental—with limited attention to analysis, socio-political implications, and portability of the research—or it is limited by a managerial organisational orientation. CGF’s research profile challenges these limitations in much existing work in the field. The Centre aims to connect robust and socially located theoretical analysis with reflexive practical implementation in research on organisations and change. In this context, CGF offers a critical approach which raises questions concerning notions of change in organisations, and engages with cutting-edge international debates regarding the meaning of gender equality, and the significance of intersectionality and gender diversity.

CGF is presently a partner in “The Nordic network for comparative studies of the “Nordic gender equality model”. The “The Nordic network for comparative studies of the Nordic gender equality model”, is a collaboration between different universities and researchers in the Nordic countries. Within that network researchers share knowledge around challenges and perspectives in Nordic gender equality policy and practice.

CGF has also played an active part in the project,  “Diversity Laboratory”, which  concentrated on the regional actors in Värmland and explored inclusive and exclusive practices within organisational innovation and entrepreneurship. One illustrative objective here was to look for possible avenues for change, both within the established partner organisations and also beyond these organisations, such as developing an alternative space for ideas and people. The project was running during 2014 – 2015 and CGF is involved in exploring possibilities for further work in this area.
The CGF approach is to research possibilities for a feminist approach to social change and then enact implementation strategies to advance those possibilities. By gaining knowledge about how organisations situate themselves, the Centre is also able to contribute new methodologies for change. The theme of ‘Action for organisational change’ is framed by the recognition that feminist research on social life is not merely about understanding and clarifying social processes and power relations but importantly about social innovation to advance social justice.

TEACHING

Perspectives about organisational change are discussed in different courses at CGF:
A-course/Gender Studies 1  - submodule 3: ”Organisation, resistance and change”, 7, 5 ECTS.
Gender, gender equality – theory and practice.
Groundlevel, evening course: “Leadership, organisation and gender”. 7,5 ECTS.
Groundlevel, evening course: “Gender and gender equality in theory and practice”, 7,5 ECTS. (Fall of 2016)

Researchers

Dr. Eva Amundsdotter
Eva Amundsdotter is a senior lecturer at the CGF. Her thesis “To develop and alter the order – action oriented gender research for gender equal organisations” is written in the field of Gender, Organisation and Change. Five network groups of change leaders at different workplaces in Sweden were working with learning, change and to create knowledge about what was going on in their respective organisations.

Dr Line Holth
Dr Line Holths thesis Straight roads and winding roads: on gender, engineers, and technology careers is written in the research field of human work science, gender and technology, where the engineers, the higher education of engineers and technicians' labor market is focused.
She is the director of the CGF-environment.

Dr. Christine Beasley
Dr Chris Beasley is Professor in Politics and from 2009-2013 she was inaugural Co-Director of the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender at the University of Adelaide. Professor Beasley is the founder of the Centre.
She is connected to CGF in several ways, as a guest professor and as a part of the Gexcel

Manuel Almberg Missner, B.A.
Manuel Almberg Missner is active as a teacher at CGF. Besides teaching, Manuel is working with consulting, lecturing and moderating around themes as gender, gender equality, masculinities and norms. 

Current Research Projects

‘”Exposure and vulnerability in focus. Strategies for increased security in homes and on leisure time”.

The project is cooperation between Centre for Gender Studies (CGF) and the Centre for Personal Safety (CFPS) at Karlstad University. The project is funded by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB).

Previous Research Projects:

Two major research programmes on gender and the rescue services. (The Gender Coded Rescue Services and Gender, Rescue Services, and Organisation) The projects were focussing the male dominated rescue services and possibilities for a more gender balanced organisation and how to include more women. (Funded by The Swedish Civil contingencies Agency, MSB, 2010-2014 )

Approaching resistance towards gender equality work.
Applied research on gender equality work of relevance to partners involved in the project (November 2013 – September 2015)
CGF was engaged in a project concerned with advancing strategies responding to resistance to gender equality programs in organisations. This applied research project on gender equality work has involved a range of different organisational partners, such as Rescue Services, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB and Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, SKL and is furthering theoretical, methodological and community based scholarship and policy development.

Project JämVäxt 2.0 [Equal Growth 2.0] and centres on the transition from education to work.
The project was funded by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (European Regional Development Funds), Region Värmland and Karlstad University. The owner of the project was The Center for Gender Studies (CGF).

Publications

Eva Amundsdotter

Amundsdotter, E, Ericson, M, Jansson, U & Linghag, S (2015) Motstånd och strategier i jämställdhetsarbete. Karlstad: Karlstad University Press.

Amundsdotter, E (2009) Att framkalla och förändra ordningen: aktionsorienterad genusforskning för jämställda organisationer. Luleå : Luleå tekniska universitet, 2009. 243 s. (Doctoral thesis / Luleå University of Technology).

Andersson, S & Amundsdotter, E (2014) Att bygga genusmedvetna organisationer- en utmaning för partnerna på arbetsmarknaden. I Jämställt arbete? Organisatoriska ramar och villkor i arbetslivet. Forskningsrapport till Delegationen för jämställdhet i arbetslivet. SOU 2014:30 Stockholm: Fritzes. Sid 109-128.

Andersson, S & Amundsdotter, E (2012) Developing Innovative Organisations using Action-oriented Gender Research. In S Andersson, K Berglund, E Gunnarsson, & Sundin E (Eds) (2012). Promoting innovations. Policies, Practices and Procedures. Stockholm: VINNOVA. Sid 310-327.

Amundsdotter, E (2008) Gemensamt kunskapande om motstånd och förändring. I Johannisson, B; Gunnarsson, E & Stjernberg, T (red) Gemensamt kunskapande: den interaktiva forskningens praktik. Växjö: Växjö universitet 2008. Sid 275-290.

Amundsdotter, E (2006) Interactive Research for Gender Equality in Workplaces I Agaard Nielsen K & Svensson L(Eds.) Action Research and Interactive Research. Beyond practice and theory Shaker Publishing, 2006. Sid 277-295

Rönnblom, M, Amundsdotter, E, Carbin, M & Keisu, B-I (2014) Hållbar strukturell förändring – möjlighet eller utopi? Umeå universitet. Slutrapport från ett projekt finansierat av Delegationen för jämställdhet i högskolan. Stockholm: Universitets- och högskolerådet.

Svensson, M, Andersson, S & Amundsdotter, E (2012) Gen(us)vägar för hållbar tillväxt i Fiber Optic Valley. Slutrapport. Vinnova.

Andersson, S & Amundsdotter, E (2013) Genusmedvetet akademiskt ledarskap. En redovisning av projektet Genusmedvetna chefer ett villkor för ett genusmedvetet universitet. Stockholm: Universitets- och högskolerådet.

Andersson, S, Amundsdotter, E, Svensson, M & Däldehög, A-S. (2009) Mellanchefen – en maktpotential. Aktionsorienterad genusforskning. En rapport från Fiber Optic Valley

Andersson, S, Amundsdotter, E, Svensson, M & Däldehög, A-S. (2009) Middle managers as change agents. Action oriented Gender research. (översättning av Mellanchefen – en maktpotential, se ovan)

Däldehög A-S (red.), Andersson S, Amundsdotter E, Svensson M & Franzén C. (2012) Genusmedvetet ledarskap: -resan från ickefråga till tillväxtfråga. Liber: Stockholm

Learning community in an innovation system.  Amundsdotter, E (2010) I Fogelberg Eriksson, A. (Redaktör), i: Proceedings from the international conference Equality growth & sustainability : do they mix?: Linköping university 25-26 november 2010. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press. (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; Nr 58)
Line Holth

Holth, Line (2015). Den raka och den krokiga vägen: om genus, ingenjörer och teknikkarriärer. Diss. (sammanfattning) Karlstad : Karlstads universitet, 2015
(Doctoral thesis: Straight roads and winding roads: on gender, engineers, and technology careers.)

Holth, Line (2014). Passionate men and rational women: gender contradictions in engineering. NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies (Online). 2014(9):2, s. 97-110

Holth, Line, Jordansson, Birgitta & Gonäs, Lena (2012). Gender and the division of labour in a swedish context. Gender and change : power, politics and everyday practices. S. 75-94

Holth, Line (2012). Den raka och den krokiga vägen till ingenjörsyrket: om rationella kvinnor och passionerade män. Segregationens seghet och dess föränderliga former : en vänbok till Lena Gonäs. S. 141-159

Holth, Line (2012). IT-ingenjörers etablering på arbetsmarknaden. Arbetsmarknad & arbetsliv. 2012(18):2, s. 13-27

Åberg, Magnus, Strid, Sofia & Holth, Line (red.) (2014). Genusvetenskapliga gr). Gefia & HoTidskrift för genusvetenskap. 2014:1, s. 3-121

Christine Beasley
 

Books Published

C. Beasley et al., Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice, Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality Series, London & NY, 2012

A.Bletsas and C. Beasley eds, Engaging with Carol Bacchi: Strategic Interventions and Exchanges, University of Adelaide Press, 2012

C. Beasley, Sexual Economyths: Conceiving a Feminist Economics, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1994

Chapters in Books

C. Beasley and B. Cao, ‘Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking in the First Year Experience’, in H. Brook, D. Fergie, M. Maeorg, and D. Mitchell eds, Universities in Transition: Foregrounding Social Contexts of Knowledge in the First Year Experience, University of Adelaide Press, Adelaide, 2014, pages 163-181.

C. Beasley, ‘Sexual Health, Sex Education and Violence’ in D. Cherubini and S. Magaraggia eds, Men against Women?: The roots of Masculine Violence against Women, (Uomini Contro Le Donne?: Le Radici Della Violenza Maschile), University of Milan-Bicocca publications, Milan, 2013, pp. 169-186.

C. Bacchi and C. Beasley, ‘Reproductive Technology and the political limits of
“care” ’, in M. Shildrick and R. Mytikiuk eds, Ethics of the Body: Postconventional Challenges, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., & London, 2005, 175-94

Articles in Refereed Journals accepted for publication

K. Jones, J. Merrick and C. Beasley, The Social Construction of Oral Health in Australian mass media, for Australian Dental Journal, accepted for publication 2015

Articles in Refereed Journals

C. Beasley and Benito Cao, ‘Transforming First-Year University Politics Students into Critical Thinkers’, ERGO, 2(3), 2012: 41-52

(nonHERDC) C. Beasley and M. Warin, ‘Introduction’, Health Sociology Review, Special Issue: Re-imagining Preventive Health—Theoretical Perspectives, Guest Editor, 17 (4), August 2008

C. Beasley, ‘The Challenge of Pleasure: Re-imagining Sexuality and Sexual Health’, Health Sociology Review, Special Issue: Re-imagining Preventive Health—Theoretical Perspectives, 17 (4), August 2008

C. Beasley and C. Bacchi, ‘Envisaging a New Politics for an Ethical Future: Beyond trust, care and generosity towards an Ethic of Social Flesh’, Feminist Theory, 8(3), December 2007

C. Bacchi and C. Beasley, ‘The Limits of Trust and Respect: Rethinking Dependency’, Social Alternatives, vol. 24, no. 4, 2005

Manuel Almberg Missner

Missner Almberg, M & Nilsson, M (2012) Hur Värmland blir vinnare inom jämställd tillväxt – en nulägesanalys. Fakta i korthet nr 4, 2012. Region Värmland.
Tillgänglig på: http://www.regionvarmland.se/om-oss/hamta-material/fakta-i-korthet/hur-v...

The first workshop was conducted in late January with around 40 participants. A vision was established of Värmland as an attractive and sustainable region where everyone is part of the digital society. The key concepts include flexible infrastructure, quality of life, and local activity and global growth. The next workshop took place just under two months later and focused on goals, direction, and concrete action. What should the concrete goals be and what do we need to do to reach them?

Magnus Bårdén, CEO of Compare and Digital Well Arena, kicked the workshop off by sharing a few initiatives launched by Compare since the acceleration of the pandemic a year ago.

“In March 2020, as society shut down, we focused on additional initiatives for companies in the region. One example is the innovation support, which has so far resulted in more than 70 companies receiving support and 12 companies establishing a partnership with the University. 10 new services have been rolled out and another 12 are on the way with new prototypes. We have developed services such as innovation forums, experts on call, and start-up support for new businesses. We also established an accelerator for the top companies. There is great power in cooperation and moving from collaboration to collaborative action – not being afraid to take a risk, trying new solutions, and doing things together. A lot of the time, it’s not tech-related at all.”

Group discussions with different themes
During the workshop, groups discussed digitisation based on the themes of knowledge and competence, networks and partnerships, and technology. The ideas generated were related to elements like concrete training needs, showcasing the great examples of ongoing digitisation activities, improvements to infrastructure, and continuous professional development.

“We will supplement the ideas from the workshop with surveys and focus groups to develop the concrete goals and action plan”, says Éamonn McCallion, project manager at Karlstad University.

Digiterri in Värmland is also connected to the work done within the frameworks of Smart specialisation and the Värmland Strategy. The next Digiterri workshop will be in November and focus on implementation and the next step.

The EU project Digiterri includes the regions of Värmland; Styria, Austria; and Grand Est, France. The project utilises RRI, Responsible Research Innovation –a method for sustainable social, economic, and ecological development. The project in Värmland is managed by Karlstad University, Paper Province, and Region Värmland. The overall project coordinator is the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna.

*See a short film from the workshop at youtube
* Find out more at digiterri.eu

With keynote speaker Julian Honkasalo, PhD, Gender Studies, Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki.

The 3-day conferences aims to connect scholars, activists and artists working on topics related to Transgender Studies within or connected to the Nordic region. Activism is the founding stone of the emerging field of Transgender Studies and is continuously an important companion to the field of Trans Studies. This conference will present papers, posters and mini-presentations along the thme of activism, resistances and alliances and create a discussion space on activist practices, academic activism and grassroot organising. The conference will feature talks on trans activism, resistance practices, methodologies, media representation, historical and popcultural archives, art, ecology, social justice movements, prison industrial system, medico-legal issues, elderly care, ally activism, as well as affective and ontological approaches to trans research. We hope to create a specific discussion on activism, as well as a broader platform for the diversity of knowledge production in Trans Studies.

For more information https://www.facebook.com/events/1587694934680386/permalink/1587898171326729/

In case of questions please don’t hestitate to email: ntsnetworkconference5@gmail.com

The organisers: Wibke Straube (Karlstad Unviersity), Luca Tainio (Tampere University) and Marie Nordfeldt (Karlstad University)

The registration closes on September 17th

Register to the Conference

Universitetet at the Parents and Kids Fair

Published 18 March 2016
18-20 March, the university participated in the yearly Parents and Kids Fair to share information on how employers can contribute by receiving refugee interns.

Friendship Day

Published 15 March 2016
Karlstad Student Union arranges Friendship Days for refugees. The purpose of this event is to invite you to an enjoyable spring activity where refugees and students at Karlstad University can meet.

• Find more information about the event here

Internships

Published 14 March 2016
Karlstad Unviersity has accepted a number of refugees as interns in various university departments. More interns may be added. For more information about the internships, contact project leader Jonna Persson: jonna.persson@kau.se

Children's university

Published 14 March 2016
The first Monday of every month until June, we will arrange a Children’s University event for refugee children in Värmland. Families will be served coffee from 14.00 and at 15.00, the children will be treated to a special edition of the Children’s University.

• Read more about the Children’s University

Donation for refugees 

Published 15 January 2016
On Monday 18 January, there is an opportunity to support refugees by donating clothes (indoor and outdoor), shoes, hygiene articles, toys, pens and pads, and parlour games to the asylum and refugee accommodations in Värmland. The collection takes place in the university gym hall between 09:00-13:00.

Meeting non-accompanied minors

Published 16 December  2015
Non-accompanied minors will visit Karlstad University on 18 January together with Birgitta Mellberg, who is integration supervisor and works at the unit for non-accompanied minors, at the employment and social services offices in Karlstad. The young people will be given a tour of the university and then Hamid Asghari, senior lecturer in educational work will talk about his escape to Sweden as a 19-year-old refugee from Iran in 1987 and his life in Sweden, followed by a discussion during which the refugees can talk about their own experiences, their goals for a life in Sweden and their chances of fulfilling their goals.

Meeting för refugees

Published 9 December 2015
On Tuesday, 15 December, at 15.00-17-30, the university arranges a meeting at the university for refugees staying at the centre of Karlstad.
A total of 100 persons are expected to attend. The purpose is to show the university and to give information about the university and its operations. The visitors will be treated to coffee, brief information about the university and guided tours. The Library will organise a music quiz and the sports hall will be open to refugee children. 

The shoe box appeal

Published 1 December 2015
On 3 December some of our students will collect Christmas presents for three refugee accommodations in Karlstad. Put you gifts in a shoe box and leave it in the Aula Magna foyer.

The shoe box appeal collects and helps distribute Christmas presents to organisations that support individuals and families that for some reason cannot have the pleasure of receiving a Christmas gift.

In 2015 we provide collection points and receiving organisations all over Sweden.  Welcome!

• Read more about the shoe box appeal

The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Last updated 2016-12-15. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.

August

Tue 16/8, 12.15: Thesis Spikning. Morten Feldtfos Thomsen nails his PhD dissertation to the board by the main entrance/university library, and at the department.

Wed 31/8, 13.15-15, Minerva: KuFo. "Lost in Space: Mapping the Cartographic Uncanny 'After' Postmodernism." Guest lecture by Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder.

September

Thu 1/9, 13-15, 12A138: Thesis defense. Morten Feldtfos Thomsen defends his PhD dissertation, entitled Scenes of Writing, Scenes of Looking: Don DeLillo, Claus Beck-Nielsen, and the Politics of the Novel. Opponent Karen S. Jacobs, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder.

Tue 20/9, 10.15-12, Minerva: PhD seminar. Sophia (Liu Fei)  presents a chapter on English education in China from her dissertation work in progress, discussant Andreas Nyström.

Tue 27/9, 10.15-12, 11B252: PhD seminar. Kari Løvaas presents dissertation work in progress, discussant Fredrik Svensson.

Tue 27/9, 13.15-15, 3A340: Midway seminar. Djamila Fatheddine defends her dissertation in progress. Opponent Professor Johan Elmfeldt, Malmö Högskola. 

Wed 28/9, 13.15-15.00, Minerva: KuFo. "Borders, Boundaries, Bare Life: States of Exception in/and Contemporary American Culture". Seminar with Birgit Spengler, Interim Professor of American Studies, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt. See the content note in the margin to the right.

October

Tue 4/10, 9-17, Minerva: KuFo workshop. KuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Fri 23/9.

Tue 11/10, 10.15-12, 11B252: PhD seminar. Alexander Kofod-Jensen presents his dissertation project proposal, discussant Peter Wikström.

Tue 11/10, 13.15-16.00, 3A340: Mock defense. Marinette Grimbeek defends a preliminary draft of her full PhD dissertation, provisionally entitled Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Beyond in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy. Opponent Erik van Ooijen, guest researcher, Karlstad University.

Wed 12/10, 14.00-15.00, 3A340: KuFo meeting. Nadja Neumann and Inga-Lill Nilsson from the university library visit KuFo to talk about effective use of DiVa and strategies for Kulturvetenskapliga skriftserien.

Tue 25/10, 10.15-12, 3B425: PhD seminar. Fredrik Svensson presents dissertation work in progress, discussant Kari Løvaas.

Tue 25/10, 13.15-15, 12B545: PhD seminar. Peter Wikström presents a draft article, "Say it with a .gif: Twitter's affordances for animation of reported speech", discussant Sophia (Liu Fei).

November

Wed 16/11, 9-17, Gunnerud: KuFo workshop. KuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 7/11.

Tue 29/11, 10.15-12, 3A340: PhD seminar. Andreas Nyström presents dissertation work in progress, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

December

Wed 7/12, 9-17, 11B252: KuFo workshop. KuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 28/11.

Thu 8/12, 13.15-15, 12B545: English linguistics. Brainstorming session. We discuss plans and ideas for Sebastian Malinowski's new PhD project in English linguistics.

Mon 12/12, 15.15-17, 1B306: KuFo open lecture. KuFo's guest professor Malte Hagener presents a talk entitled "Splitscreen as a Symbolic Form". More information.

January

Thu 12/1, 13.00-16.00, 12B545: KuFo workshop. Extra RJ application workshop. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 9/1.

Tue 24/1, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Theory seminar on a text chosen by Kari Løvaas. No assigned reader.

Wed 25/1, 13.15-15, Minerva (12C608): Geomedia open lecture. KuFo guest professor Malte Hagener presents a talk entitled "Kubrick, Expo, the Beatles. The Intersection of Nation State and Avant-garde at the World Exposition in Montréal 1967".

Thu 26/1, 13.00-15, 12B545: English linguistics. Peter Wikström presents a draft article on "Twitter's affordances for animation of reported speech", a case study from his dissertation project.

The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.

August

Wed 30 August 14.30-15.15, 12A floor 5: Book launch. Sigfrid Siwertz – en författares uppgång och fall, ed Per-Olof Mattsson (SU) and Anna Forssberg. Kulturvetenskapliga skriftserien, no 3.

September

Tue 5 September, 15.15-17, Minerva: KuFo. "Neoclassicism Now: A Prehistory of Cognitive Poetics". Seminar with Karin Kukkonen, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Oslo, Norway.

14-16 September: Erotema. A conference on rhetoric and literature. Visit the website here.

Tue 19/9, 10.15-12.00, Minerva: KuFo. "The Paragone as Game: Agon and Mimicry in Ekphrastic and Pictorialist English Texts": Seminar with guest researcher Jeff Thoss, Free University of Berlin.

Tue 19/9, 13.15-15.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. María Luisa Vera Mota (UPO Sevilla) presents her doctoral project "Om det verbala språket i mellanmänsklig kommunikation via skärm".

October

Tue 3/10, 9.00-17.00, Minerva: KuFo. Full day work-in-progress workshop. Deadline to submit texts noon 25/9, send texts to Maria.

Fri 6/10, 9.00-11.00, 12A 324: Mock defense. Seminar on Peter Wikström's PhD thesis-in-progress, I tweet like I talk: Aspects of speech and writing on Twitter. Opponent Gisle Andersen, Professor of English language at NHH, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen.

Tue 10/10, 10.15-12.00, 12A 522: English linguistics. Una Cunningham, Canterbury University, New Zeeland, presents her project "Greening the information desert: Multilingualism in New Zealand."

Tue 17/10, 13.15-15.00, 3A340: PhD seminar. James Lees presents GIO (Grants and Innovation Office).

Fri 27/10, 09.15-11.00, 12B 545: English linguistics. Pia Sundqvist presents an article on digital gaming and vocabulary, "Playing digital games on one's own or with others: Implications for L2 English vocabulary learning."

November

Tue 7/11, 13.15-15.00, 3A 340: PhD seminar. Text by Andreas Nyström, discussant Kari Løvaas.

Fri 17/11, 13.15-15.00, 12B 545: English linguistics. Data session with Sebastian Malinowski; we discuss data from an ongoing study from Sebastian's dissertation project.

Tue 21/11, 13.15-15.00, 3A 340: PhD seminar. Text by Kari Løvaas, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

Wed 22/11, 9.00-17.00, Minerva: KuFo. Full day work-in-progress workshop. Deadline to submit texts noon 13/11, send texts to Maria Holmgren Troy.

Wed 22/11, 18.00, Hörsalen, Värmlands museum: Public lecture. Helene Blomqvist lectures on Bellman.

Thu 23/11, 10.00: Spikning. Peter Wikström nails his dissertation by the university entrance and at the department.

Thu 23/11, 13.00-15.00, 3A 340: CSL. Seminar with Ulrikke Rindal, University of Oslo. Ulrikke will present her research concerning student attitudes, identities, and beliefs in relation to pronunciation variation in the context of learning English. Ulrikke's research has implications for linguistic normativity and standardization processes.

Tue 28/11, 10.15-12.00, 3A 340: KuFo. Seminar with librarian Inga-Lill Nilsson on information retrieval, database searches, Web of Science.

Tue 28/11, 13.15-15.00, 3A 340: PhD seminar. Text by Alexander Kofod-Jensen, discussant Andreas Nyström.

December

Wed 6/12, 13.15-15.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Sebastian Malinowski, discussant Tim Roberts.

Tue 12/12, 13.15-15.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Tim Roberts, discussant Sebastian Malinowski.

Fri 15/12, 13.15-15.00, 1B 309: Thesis defense. Peter Wikström defends his PhD thesis, I tweet like I talk: Aspects of speech and writing on Twitter. Opponent Dr. Ruth Page, University of Birmingham.

January

Tue 16/1, 13.15-15.00, 12B 545: English linguistics. Pia Sundqvist and Erica Sandlund present a book section on assessment (accepted for publication in 2018), "Doing versus assessing interactional competence."

The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.

SEPTEMBER

Wed 19/9, 13.15-14.45, Minerva: KuFo open seminar on “The Uses of Aesthetics.” Short presentations by Catherine Spooner, Professor of Literature and Culture, Lancaster University, UK; Birgit Spengler, Professor of American Literature, Wuppertal University, Germany; Per Krogh Hansen, Head of Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark; and Malte Hagener, Professor in Media Studies, Marburg University, Germany.

Tue 25/9, 9.00-12.00, 1D321: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 17/9, noon.

Tue 25/9, 13.15-15.00, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Fredrik Svensson, discussant Tim Roberts.

Wed 26/9, 9.00-12.00, 3A340: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 17/9, noon.

Wed 26/9, 15.00–16.30, 12A522: KuFo. Guest seminar, "Western Sights/Sites: Spatial Imaginaries in Women's Turn-of-the Century Photography,” with Professor Dr Birgit Spengler, Wuppertal University.

OCTOBER

Tue 2/10, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: KuFo. Seminar publishing (books, articles, and more) organized by KuFo and ISLI's PhD student supervisors. It is foremost intended to benefit PhD students and early career researchers, but all are welcome.

Tue 9/10, 11.15–13.00, 12B545: English Linguistics. Data session with Tim Roberts; PhD project data.

Wed 17/10, 10.15–17.00, Minerva: KuFo invites researchers to the workshop: Satire as perspective on the contemporary. More information here.

Thu 25/10, 9.30-11.30, 3A340: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 16/10, noon.

Tue 30/10, 14.15–16, 3A340: KuFo. Ola Sigurdsson, University of Gothenburg visits KuFo to present his work on humour (in Swedish): "När är det roligt? Om humor, subjektivitet och transcendens." 

NOVEMBER

Mon 12/11, 13.00–15.00, Minerva: KuFo/Geomedia: Philip Auslander gives a talk at Geomedia in advance of the Popular Music Discourses conference.

13–14 Nov: KuFo conference: Popular Music Discourses: Authenticity and Mediatization. This mini-conference will feature keynote presentations by Philip Auslander, Georgia Tech; Niall Scott, University of Central Lancashire; and Magnus Ullén, Stockholm University. It will also feature paper presentations by the KuFo Popular Music Discourses group. More information here.

Mon 19/11, 13.15–15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Tim Roberts, discussant Sophia Liu Fei.

Tue 20/11, 13.15–14.45, 3A340: KuFo. Seminar with Eamonn McCallion and James Lees (GIO) on possibilities for EU funding.

Tue 27/11, 10.15–12, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Sophia Liu Fei, discussant Fredrik Svensson.

Wed 28/11, 14.00–15.00, 3A340: KuFo/Västanå. Seminar with Västanå's Leif Stinnerbom.

Wed 28/11, 16.00–18: KuFo/Västanå. Västanå Theater's performance of Selma Lagerlöf's Bortbytingen.

DECEMBER

Tue 4/12, 13.15–15, Minerva. PhD seminar. Text by Sebastian Malinowski, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

Fri 7/12, 10.15–12.00, 12A522: English Linguistics. Peter Wikström presents work in progress on screen-recorded Snapchat data from the project "Uppkoplade klassrum".

Tue 11/12, 13.15–15, 3A340. PhD seminar. Text by Alexander Kofod-Jensen, discussant Sebastian Malinowski.

Wed 12/12, 9.00–15.00 in 3A340 and 15.00–17.00 in 12A522: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 4/12, noon. Please note the change of rooms 15–17!

Fri 21/12, 10.15–12.00, 12B545: English linguistics. RJ project application draft about "non-apologies" in social media discourse in the wake of #MeToo, with Erica Sandlund and Peter Wikström.

Fri 21/12, 13.15–15, Geijersalen: Thesis defense. Djamila Fatheddine defends her doctoral thesis. Opponent, Professor Eva Hultin, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, Uppsala universitet.

JANUARY

Wed 9/1, 9.00–17.00, Minerva before lunch, 3A340 after: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ and VR postdoc applications. Submit texts to Maria no later than 4/1, noon.

The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.

SEPTEMBER

Fri 6/9, 13.15–15.00, 1B 309 (Sjöströmsalen): Mock defense. Seminar on Fredrik Svensson’s PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally entitled “Dust, sunlight, a singing bird”: Cormac McCarthy’s Symbolist Ideology. Opponent Bo G. Ekelund, Associate Professor of English literature at Stockholm University.

Tue 10/9, 10.00–12.00, Minerva: 50% seminar. Alexander Kofod Jensen defends his PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally entitled The Aesthetics of Evil: Memory and Media in Nazi Perpetrator Fiction. Opponent Dr. Beate Schirrmacher, Linnaeus University.

Thu-Sat 12-14/9, from 13.00 on Thursday to lunch Saturday: The Uses of Aesthetics conference. An international interdisciplinary conference organized by the research group for culture studies KuFo (Kulturvetenskapliga forskargruppen) in celebration of KuFo’s ten-year anniversary.

OCTOBER

Tue 1/10, 15.15-17.00, 12B257.  KuFo open lecture: Cecilia Parsberg presents her research, We are losers and you have to learn from us. Despite the English title the lecture is in Swedish.

Wed 2/10, 9.00–17.00, Aventinen (9.00-12.00), Minerva (13.00-17.00): KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 23/9, noon.  CANCELLED!

Tue 22/10, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: KuFo seminar with Nadja Neumann, publiceringsstöd. Among other things, she will present Kriterium and news about Open Access.

Tue 22/10, 15.15–17.00, Minerva: KuFo’s Visiting Scholar Isabella Santos Mundim, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil,  presents her research: Of Resistance, Counter-Memory and Re-existence: Exploring Indigenous Literature in Contemporary Brazil.
The proposed research is directed toward examining the role of literary narratives in imagining and building subaltern identities in the context of current debates around decolonization. I am particularly interested in studying the manner by which indigenous experiences, made invisible in the hegemonic cultural matrix, are rendered visible through the works of brazilian creators. By focusing on selected writings by contemporary indigenous authors, the research seeks to address questions of visibility and representation in ways that might indicate how Brazil’s indigenous literature could help create sites of resistance, counter-memory and re-existence and unwork colonial legacies.

Wed 23/10, 14.00–17.00, Minerva: Mock defense. Seminar on Kari Løvaas' PhD thesis-in-progress. Discussant Mikael van Reis, culture journalist and PhD in comparative literature.

NOVEMBER

Tue 5/11, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Tim Roberts. POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

Wed 6/11, 9.00–17.00, Minerva: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 28/10, noon.

Tue 19/11, 13.15–15.00, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Sebastian Malinowski.

DECEMBER

Tue 3/12, 15.00–16.45, 3A340. KuFo internationalization seminar. Seminar for PhD students and early career researchers on experiences of and issues relating to internationalization. Topics covered include stays at the British Library, Fulbright scholarships, and participation in an EU-funded project (TRANSPEER).

Wed 4/12, 9.00–17.00, Aventinen (9.00-12.00), Minerva (13.00-17.00): KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 25/11, noon.

Tue 10/12, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. The new Ph.D. students present their dissertation projects.

Wed 11/12, 10.15–11.45, 12A522: PhD seminar. Text by Sophia Liu Fei.

Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us – our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!

Until further notice, seminars and workshops will be in Zoom unless otherwise advertised. Contact Maria Holmgren Troy for access if you wish to attend.

SEPTEMBER

Tue 15/9, 13.15–16.00, 3A340 & Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Tim Roberts presents work from his dissertation project (reader Jonas Hoeck, senior readers Marie Tåqvist & Christina Olin-Scheller). Saga Bokne presents work from her dissertation project (reader Jakob Olsson, senior readers Sofia Wijkmark & Morten Feldtfos Thomsen). Chair Erica Sandlund.

Tue 29/9, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: Mock defense. Seminar on Andreas Nyström's PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally titled Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin. Opponent Jerry Määttä, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Uppsala University. If you are not reached by the mailing lists, contact Peter Wikström for a Zoom link.

OCTOBER

Thu 1/10, 10.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 22/9, noon.

Tue 13/10, 13.15–16.00, 3A340 & Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. New PhD students Liliann Byman Frisén, Sofia Oldin Cederwall, and Zdravka Katinic present preliminary plans for their respective dissertation projects. Chair Maria Holmgren Troy.

Thu 29/10, 09.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 20/10, noon.

NOVEMBER

Tue 3/11, 13.15–16.00, 3A340 & Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Sebastian Malinowski presents work from his dissertation project (reader Tim Roberts, senior readers Tobias Hübinette & Marika Kjellén). Jonas Hoeck presents work from his dissertation project (reader Judith Kiros, senior readers Helene Blomqvist & Kristian Petrov). Chair Marie Tåqvist.

Mon 9/11, 10.15–12.00, Zoom: Mock defense. Seminar on Grace Zhu Yuanyuan's PhD thesis-in-progress, tentatively titled "Biblical allusion in Three Charles Dickens Condition-of-England Novels". Discussant Stuart Robertson, Associate Professor of English Literature, Uppsala University If you are not reached by the mailing lists, contact Peter Wikström for the Zoom link.

CANCELLED 11–13 November: Specfic 2020: Time and History. Conference organized by the Swedish Network for Speculative Fiction. More information and registration here. UPDATE: The conference has been postponed until 2021, more information will be forthcoming.

Thu 19/11, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo guest seminar about Kriterium. Professor Åsa Arping, University of Gothenburg, visits KuFo to talk about Kriterium, which is an academic publishing platform that can get books in Swedish peer-reviewed and bibliometrically ranked on the Norwegian NSD list.

Tue 24/11, 13.15–16.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Jakob Olsson presents work from his dissertation project (reader Saga Bokne, senior readers Maria Holmgren Troy & Johan Wijkmark). Judith Kiros presents work from her dissertation project (reader Sebastian Malinowski, senior readers Anna Swärdh & Andrea Schalley). Chair Sofia Wijkmark.

Wed 25/11, 09.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 16/11, noon.

DECEMBER

Tue 1/12, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo theory seminar. We gather to read and discuss a selected theory text relevant to the KuFo research group profile. When the text is selected it will be announced here.

Tue 15/12, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo application seminar. The seminar discusses experiences of and tips & tricks relating to funding applications. It is especially intended for PhD students and early career researchers, but all are welcome!

APRIL 2021

Fri 9/4, Time and room TBA: PhD defense. Andreas Nyström defends his doctoral thesis, Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin: The Haven in Postapocalyptic Fiction. Opponent Mathias Clasen, Associate Professor of English, Aarhus University. 

The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.

January

Thu 12/1, 13.00-16.00, 12B545: KuFo workshop. Extra RJ application workshop. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 9/1.

Tue 24/1, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Theory seminar on a text chosen by Kari Løvaas. No assigned reader.

Wed 25/1, 13.15-15, Minerva (12C608): Geomedia open lecture. KuFo guest professor Malte Hagener presents a talk entitled "Kubrick, Expo, the Beatles. The Intersection of Nation State and Avant-garde at the World Exposition in Montréal 1967".

Thu 26/1, 13.00-15, 12B545: English linguistics. Peter Wikström presents a draft article on "Twitter's affordances for animation of reported speech", a case study from his dissertation project.

February

Fri 3/2, 11.00-18.00, Minerva (12C608): KuFo & Geomedia. Ruptures and Relations: Workshop on media archeology, organized by Malte Hagener, John Lynch, and Theo Röhle. More information here.

Tue 14/2, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Fredrik Svensson, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

Wed 15/2, 9.15-14.00, 3A340: KuFo workshop. KuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Special focus on SRC (VR) applications.

Thu 16/2, 13.15-15.00, 12B545: English linguistics. There are two presentations in this seminar. The seminar starts at 13.15 with a presentation by Marie Källkvist (LU), Henrik Gyllstad (LU), Pia Sundqvist, and Erica Sandlund on their project Multilingual Spaces? Language Practices in English Classrooms: A Project Presentation [VR-UVK, Dnr 2016-03469], which was recently awarded funding from VR (UVK). At 14.00, Marie Källkvist presents her study Discursive Mechanisms and Human Agency in Language Policy Formation: the case of a Swedish university.

Tue 21/2, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Sebastian Malinowski, discussant Peter Wikström.

Thu 23/2, 13.00-15, 3A340: CSL & KuFo. Seminar with professor Anders Öhman, Umeå university, based on his recent book Litteraturdidaktik, fiktioner och intriger (Gleerups, 2015).

March

Tue 14/3, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Djamila Fatheddine, discussant Fredrik Svensson.

Tue 28/3, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Kari Løvaas, discussant Andreas Nyström.

Wed 29/3, 9.15-15.00, 3A340: KuFo workshop. KuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 20/3.

April

Tue 25/4, 13.15-15, Minerva: KuFo internationalization seminar. Seminar for PhD students and early career researchers on experiences of and issues relating to internationalization. Topics covered include stays at the British Library, Fulbright scholarships, and international postdoc applications.

May

Tue 2/5, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Alexander Kofod-Jensen, discussant, Djamila Fatheddine.

Wed 3/5, 10.15-12, 3A340: KuFo. Seminar about publishing with Nadja Neumann.

9-12 May. Geomedia conference. More information here.

Fri 19/5, 10.00. Thesis spikning. Marinette Grimbeek nails her PhD dissertation to the board by the main entrance/university library, and at the department.

Tue 23/5, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Peter Wikström, discussant Sebastian Malinowski.

June

Thu 1/6, 13.15-15, 12B545: English linguistics. Seminar with Pia Sundqvist.

Wed 7/6, 9.00-17.00, Gunnerud: KuFo workshop. KuFo's senior researchers present and discuss ongoing research projects. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 29/5.

Tue 13/6, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Text by Grace (Zhu Yuanyuan), discussant Kari Løvaas.

Fri 16/6, 10.15-12, 1B309 (Sjöströmsalen). Thesis defense. Marinette Grimbeek defends her thesis, entitled  Margaret Atwood’s Environmentalism: Apocalypse and Satire in the MaddAddam Trilogy. Opponent Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mayer, Bayreuth University, Germany.

The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.

January

Thu 11/1, 9.15-15, 12A 522: KuFo. Workshop, RJ project applications. Application drafts can be found in the KuFo Box folder.

Tue 16/1, 13.15-15, 12B 545: English linguistics. Pia Sundqvist and Erica Sandlund present a book section on assessment (accepted for publication in 2018), "Doing versus assessing interactional competence."

February

Fri 16/2, 13.15-15, 12B545: English linguistics. Peter Wikström presents a VR postdoc application draft on "Political correctness" in social media discourse.

Thu 22/2, time TBA, Minerva: KuFo. Workshop. The focus is on VR postdoc and project applications but other texts are also welcome. Texts should be sent to Maria no later than 13/2.

March

Tue 13/3, 13.15-15, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Kari Løvaas, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

Fri 16/3, 10.15-12, 12B 545: English linguistics. Sebastian Malinowski presents part of his PhD research.

April

Wed 18/4, 13.15–15, 3A 340: KuFo/CSL. Seminar with Atle Skaftun (University of Stavanger) and Per Arne Michelsen (Høgskulen på Vestlandet), who will talk about their book Litteraturdidaktikk. (2017, Cappelen Damm Akademisk).

Thu 19/4, 9.00–17.00, 3A 340: KuFo. Work-in-progress workshop. Send texts to Maria no later than 10/4.

Tue 24/4, 13.15-15, Minerva: KuFo PhD/ECR seminar. A seminar on application procedures for grants and external funding aimed at doctoral students and early career researchers.

Tue 24/4, 15.00-16.30, Minerva: KuFo Pieter van der Heede, PhD candidate at the Department of History at Erasmus University Rotterdam, will give a guest seminar. Engaging violent wartime pasts through play? Exploring the limits and possibilities of digital game design to stimulate meaningful reflection on the Holocaust.

Pieter describes his presentation as follows: In this presentation, I will discuss in what ways aspects of current digital game design can be adopted to foster further reflection on the broader societal implications of the Nazi-occupation of Europe during the Second World War. I will do so through a case-study analysis of the games Call of Duty: WWII (Activision, 2017), Attentat 1942 (Charles University, 2017) and Papers, Please (Lucas Pope, 2013).

Pieter Van den Heede's PhD research is part of the Research Excellence Initiative (REI) Project ‘War! Popular Culture and European Heritage of Major Armed Conflicts’ (project leader Prof. Maria Grever). This interdisciplinary project aims to examine how the heritage of modern war history is represented and appropriated in contemporary popular culture, and which modifications or additions can be advised to harmonize these appropriations with the requirements and principles of democratic historical and civic education. Pieter focuses on the representation and simulation of history in digital games set in war-devastated European (urban) landscapes. His promoter is Prof. Kees Ribbens and his supervisor is Prof. Jeroen Jansz. The research project is embedded within the Centre for Historical Culture (CHC) and the Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture (ERMeCC).

Wed 25/4, 18.00, Värmlands museum: KuFo public event. Helene Blomquist gives a public lecture on Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht at Värmlands museum as part of the "We have a dream" exhibit.

May

Tue 8/5, 13.15-15, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Alexander Kofod-Jensen, discussant Kari Løvaas.

Wed 9/5. 10.15-12, 3A340: Final seminar / mock viva. Djamila Fatheddine defends her doctoral dissertation-in-progress. Opponent Magnus Persson, Malmö University.

Tue 15/5, 13.15-15, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Tim Roberts, discussant Sebastian Malinowski.

Fri 18/5, 10.15-12, 12B 545: English linguistics. Andrea Schalley presents ongoing research.

Tue 29/5, 13.15-15, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Sebastian Malinowski, discussant Tim Roberts.

June

Fri 1/6, 13.15-15, 12B 545: English linguistics. Tim Roberts presents part of his PhD research.

Tue 12/6, 14.15–17, 3A 340: 70% seminar. Kari Løvaas defends a 70% complete draft of her PhD thesis. The opponent is Christer Ekholm, University of Gothenburg.

18-20 June. KuFo. Selma Lagerlöf 2018 conference, organized by Sofia Wijkmark and Kristian Petrov. Details here.

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September

Tue 25/9, 13.15-15, Room TBA: PhD seminar. Text by Fredrik Svensson, discussant Tim Roberts.

October

Wed 17/10, Time and room TBA: KuFo invites researchers to the workshop: Satire as perspective on the contemporary. Contact: Karin Aspenberg and Margareta Wallin Wictorin.

Tue 30/10, 14.15–16, Room TBA: KuFo. Ola Sigurdsson, University of Gothenburg visits KuFo to present his work on humour (in Swedish): "När är det roligt? Om humor, subjektivitet och transcendens." 

November

Mon 12/11, Time and place TBA: KuFo/Geomedia: Philip Auslander gives a talk at Geomedia in advance of the Popular Music Discourses conference.

13–14 Nov: KuFo mini-conference: Popular Music Discourses: Authenticity and Mediatization. More information to come.

Tue 13/11, 13.15–15, Room TBA: PhD seminar. Text by Tim Roberts, discussant Sophia Liu Fei.

Tue 27/11, 13.15–15, Room TBA: PhD seminar. Text by Sophia Liu Fei, discussant Fredrik Svensson.

December

Tue 4/12, 13.15–15, Room TBA: PhD seminar. Text by Sebastian Malinowski, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

Tue 11/12, 13.15–15, Room TBA: PhD seminar. Text by Alexander Kofod-Jensen, discussant Sebastian Malinowski.

Fri 21/12, 13.15–15, Geijersalen: Thesis defense. Djamila Fatheddine defends her doctoral thesis. Opponent, Professor Eva Hultin, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, Uppsala universitet.

The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.

JANUARY

Wed 9/1, 9.00–17.00, Minerva before lunch, 3A340 after: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ and VR postdoc applications. Submit texts to Maria no later than 4/1, noon.

FEBRUARY

Tue 5/2, 15.00–18.00, Minerva: KuFo. Guest seminar with two visiting scholars from Nottingham Trent University (visiting as Erasmus teachers).

• 15.00–16.30. ‘“Rude Wind”: KING LEAR – canonicity versus physicality.’ Dr Pete Smith is author of Social Shakespeare (Macmillan, 1995), Between Two Stools: Scatology in English Literature (Manchester UP, 2012, pb, 2015) and co-editor of Much Ado about Nothing: Arden Guides to Early Modern Drama (Bloomsbury, 2018 and Hamlet: Theory in Practice (Open UP, 1996).  He is a former trustee of the British Shakespeare Association and currently Reader in Renaissance Literature at Nottingham Trent University.

• 16.30–18.00. ‘TV Chefs, Moral Entrepreneurs and the Roots of Brexit Britain: Jamie’s Ministry of Food.’ Dr Steve Jones is the author of Antonio Gramsci (Routledge, 2006) and co-author of Food and Cultural Studies (Routledge, 2006).  He is currently Principal Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University.

Fri 8/2, 10.15–12.00, 12B545: English linguistics. Andrea Schalley presents research work in progress.

Tue 12/2, 13.15–15.00, 12B545: KuFo. Seminar on publishing (books, articles, and more) organized by KuFo and ISLI's PhD student supervisors. It is foremost intended to benefit PhD students and early career researchers, but all are welcome.

Tue 19/2, 9.00–17.00, 3A 340: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on VR applications. Submit texts to Maria no later than 11/2, noon.

MARCH

Tue 12/3, 15.15–17.00, 12B545: Guest seminar. “The Meaning of Interculturality in Contemporary Research,” with Fred Dervin, Professor of Multicultural Education, University of Helsinki, and guest professor in Intercultural Studies, Karlstad University.

Tue 19/3, 15.15–17.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Tim Roberts, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

APRIL

Tue 2/4,9.00–17.00, Minerva: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 25/3, noon.

MAY

Tue 14/5, 9.00–17.00, Minerva: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 6/5, noon.

Mon 20/5, 10.15–12.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Sebastian Malinowski, discussant Sophia Liu Fei.

Tue 21/5, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Alexander Kofod-Jensen, discussant Grace Zhu Yuanyuan.

Tue 28/5, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: PhD seminar. Text by Sophia Liu Fei, discussant Tim Roberts.

JUNE

Tue 11/6, 10.15–12.00, 11A223: PhD seminar. Text by Grace Zhu Yuanyuan, discussant Sebastian Malinowski.

17–19 June: Conference. The KuFo-organized conference Interculturality in Teacher Education and Training takes place at Karlstad University. More information here.

SEPTEMBER

Fri 6/9, 13.15–15.00, 1B 309 (Sjöströmsalen): Mock defense. Seminar on Fredrik Svensson’s PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally entitled “Dust, sunlight, a singing bird”: Cormac McCarthy’s Symbolist Ideology. Opponent Bo G. Ekelund, Associate Professor of English literature at Stockholm University.

Tue 10/9, 10.00–12.00, Minerva: 50% seminar. Alexander Kofod Jensen defends his PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally entitled The Aesthetics of Evil: Memory and Media in Nazi Perpetrator Fiction. Opponent Dr. Beate Schirrmacher, Linnaeus University.

OCTOBER

Wed 23/10, 14.00–17.00, Room TBA: Mock defense. Seminar on Kari Løvaas' PhD thesis-in-progress. Discussant Mikael van Reis, culture journalist and PhD in comparative literature.

Seminar materials and links are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us – our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!

JANUARY

Wed 9/1, 13.00–17.00, 12A522: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ applications. Upload application texts in designated folder in Box (or send texts to Maria) no later than 6/1. CANCELLED!

FEBRUARY

Tue 4/2, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: ISLI PhD seminar. Text by Jakob Olsson, discussant Alexander Kofod-Jensen.

Tue 18/2, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: ISLI PhD seminar. Text by Tim Roberts, discussant Sophia Liu Fei.

Thu 20/2, 9.00–12.00, Minerva: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop (VR applications and other texts) with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 10/2, noon. 

MARCH

Tue 3/3, 13.15–15.00, 3A340: ISLI PhD seminar. Text by Alexander Kofod-Jensen, discussant Tim Roberts.

Tue 17/3, 13.15–15.00, Minerva: ISLI PhD seminar. Text by Jonas Hoeck, discussant Saga Bokne.

Thu 26/3, 13.15–15.00, 12A225: KuFo guest seminar/workshop. "Responses to the Changing Higher Education Landscape: Students as Co-creators." Professor Nicholas Monk, director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Transformative Teaching. (Abstract) CANCELLED!

Fri 27/3, 13.15-15.00, 1B 364 (Frödingsalen): PhD defense. Fredrik Svensson defends his  PhD thesis entitled "Ideology and Symbolism in the Novels of Cormac McCarthy". Opponent: Professor Nicholas Monk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

APRIL

Wed 8/4, 9.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo online workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 30/3, noon. (If you wish to participate, please contact Maria Holmgren Troy, she will send you the Zoom link)

Tue 28/4, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo PhD and ECR seminar. James Lees presents what GIO (Grants and Innovation Office) has to offer PhD students and early career scholars.  (If you wish to participate, please contact Maria Holmgren Troy, she will send you the Zoom link)

MAY

Tue 5/5, 15.15–16.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Judith Kiros, KuFo's PhD student presents her research proposal. (If you wish to participate, please contact Maria Holmgren Troy, she will send you the Zoom link.)

Tue 26/5, 09.15–12.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Texts by Sophia Liu Fei and Sebastian Malinowski, discussants Sebastian Malinowski and Jakob Olsson.

Wed  27/5, 9.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 18/5, noon.

Fri 29/5, 13.15–15, Zoom & 1B306 (Fryxellsalen): PhD defense. Kari Løvaas defends her PhD thesis, Be for meg også. Om skapelse, forkrøpling og lengsel etter forløsning i moderne poetologisk tenkning. Opponent: Anders E. Johansson, Docent in Comparative Literature, Mid Sweden University.

Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us – our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!

Until further notice, seminars and workshops will be in Zoom unless otherwise advertised. Contact Maria Holmgren Troy for access if you wish to attend.

JANUARY

Tue 12/1, 13.00–15.15, Zoom: KuFo workshop. (RJ applications and other application texts) Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 8/1, noon. 

FEBRUARY

Tue 2/2, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. New PhD students Marie Wejrum and Annelie Johansson present preliminary plans for their respective dissertation projects. Chair Maria Holmgren Troy.

Thu 11/2, 09.15–17.00, Zoom: Symposium. Full-day text symposium on the notions of race and racism in Swedish discourse post WW2, based on work-in-progress manuscripts from a forthcoming anthology edited by Tobias Hübinette and Peter Wikström. Contact Tobias if you are interested in participating.

Tue 23/2, 15.15–17.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. New PhD students Annika Malmsten and Pernilla Olsson present preliminary plans for their respective dissertation projects. Chair Maria Holmgren Troy.

MARCH

Thu 4/3, 09.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. (VR applications and other texts) Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 23/2, noon. 

Tue 23/3, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: KuFo/ISLI PhD seminar. Seminar on publishing (books, articles, and more) organized by KuFo and ISLI's PhD student supervisors. It is foremost intended to benefit PhD students and early career researchers, but all are welcome.

APRIL

Fri 9/4, 13.15-15.00, 1B364 and Zoom: PhD defense. Andreas Nyström defends his doctoral thesis, Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin: The Haven in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction. Opponent Mathias Clasen, Associate Professor of English, Aarhus University. 

Thu 15/4, 09.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 6/4, noon. 

Tue 20/4, 13.15–15.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Jonas Hoeck presents work from his dissertation project (reader Jakob Olsson, senior readers Anna Linzie & Christina Olin-Scheller). Chair Morten Feldtfos Thomsen.

MAY

Tue 4/5, 13.15–16.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Sebastian Malinowski presents work from his dissertation project (reader Liliann Byman Frisén, senior readers Silvia Kunitz & Kristian Petrov). Judith Kiros presents work from her dissertation project (reader Saga Bokne, senior readers Alfred Sjödin & Nicklas Hållén). Chair Andrea Schalley.

Tue 18/5, 13.15–16.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Saga Bokne presents work from her dissertation project (reader Sofia Oldin Cederwall, senior readers Anna Forssberg & Sofia Wijkmark). Zdravka Katinic presents work from her dissertation project (reader Jonas Hoeck, senior readers Erik van Ooijen & Johan Wijkmark). Chair Nicklas Hållén.

Thu 27/5, 09.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers. Submit texts to Maria no later than 18/5, noon. 

JUNE

Tue 1/6, 13.15–16.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Tim Roberts presents work from his dissertation project (reader Sebastian Malinowski, senior readers Pia Sundqvist & Tobias Hübinette). Sofia Oldin Cederwall presents work from her dissertation project (reader Judith Kiros, senior readers Maria Holmgren Troy & Erica Sandlund). Chair Anna Forssberg.

Tue 15/6, 13.15–16.00, Zoom: ISLI PhD seminar. Double seminar: Jakob Olsson presents work from his dissertation project (reader Zdravka Katinic, senior readers Anna Swärdh & Morten Feldtfos Thomsen). Liliann Byman Frisén presents work from her dissertation project (reader Tim Roberts, senior readers Marie Tåqvist & Andrea Schalley). Chair Christina Olin-Scheller.

Thu 17/6, Time and venue TBA: Mock defense. Seminar on Alexander Kofod Jensen's PhD thesis-in-progress. Opponent Markus Huss, German Studies, Stockholm University.

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Packaging for Sustainable Development

At Service Research Center, associate professor Fredrik Wikström and senior lecturer Helén Williams are developing knowledge

At the Service Research Center, CTF, associate professor Fredrik Wikström and senior lecturer Helén Williams work on building knowledge about how packaging features interact with different kinds of human needs. The research is interdisciplinary and combines service theory with life cycle analysis. The vision is to contribute to a sustainable future where less food is wasted and packaging is designed, purchased and used with the intention of minimizing environmental impact throughout entire life cycle of the product. A clear link to Forest-based Bioeconomy research is that the Pro2BE researchers can contribute knowledge and data on biobased packaging materials, their properties and manufacturing processes.

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Fundamental Separation Science

The group conducts theoretically advance fundamental research in the field of separation science and cooperates with industry regarding purification of drug molecules and high-value chemicals. The group is currently working on Liquid Chromatography (HPLC/UHPLC), Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) and biosensor (SPR/QCM) projects. There are excellent possibilities to cooperate with researchers within Pro2BE. For example, the process optimization methods developed by the group may be applied to processes studied by researchers in Forest-based bioecomony. At the same time, chemical substances from forest raw materials can be interesting starting materials for drug production. Lead scientist of the group is professor Torgny Fornstedt and senior researchers are Jörgen Samuelsson och Patrik Forssén.

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Centre for Regional Studies

The Centre for Regional Studies, CRS, is a cross-disciplinary center that studies societal change processes in a regional perspective. The research is interdisciplinary and is about understanding and comparing change processes in time and space, and how these can be controlled in a time characterized by regionalization and globalization. An important area is to analyze the prerequisites for a green change with the forest as a resource. The forest is enjoyed by many and has lots of values ​​for the forestry industry, the visiting industry, hunting, mushroom and berry picking, recreation and outdoor life, cultural heritage, health and more. However, there are conflicts between different stakeholders as well as between the use and conservation of the forest as a resource. The green change that is required due to climate change, for example, sharpened the challenge of transition to a fossil-free society. The research in this field is led by Professor Margareta Dahlström, who is also the director of CRS.

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Requirements for admission to master programmes taught in English for a non-exchange student

1. You must have successfully completed a programme of study in a relevant discipline at the bachelor’s level or equivalent. A transcript of records showing that the prerequisites stated for each master programme are met is required.
2. You must have documented your knowledge of English through the TOEFL test (paper-based test: 575 / computer-based test: 213 / Internet-based test: 90) or IELTS (required score 6.5 - no band lower than 5.5) or equivalent.

Requirements for admission to degree programmes or single subject courses taught in English for a non-exchange student

1. You must have successfully completed the upper secondary school/high school education required for university eligibility in your home country.
2. You must have fulfilled the prerequisites for the programme or courses you wish to study.The specific prerequisites for each course or programme are stated in the syllabus or in the programme study plan.
3. If your application is for levels other than basic level courses, a transcript of records showing that the prerequisites are met is also required.
4. You must have documented knowledge of English through the TOEFL test (paper- based test: 530 / computer-based test: 173 / Internet-based test: 72) or IELTS (required score 5.5 - no band lower than 5.0).
5. For students who received/will receive their final school grades after 31 December 2009, there is an additional entry requirement for mathematics. The student must have successfully completed courses in mathematics to reach the level of the Swedish course Mathematics A (approximately 10 years of mathematics studies). This mathematics requirement does not apply to students who received their final school grades before 1 January 2010. 

Requirements for admission to degree programmes and single subject courses taught in Swedish for a non-exchange student

If you want to apply for a programme or course taught in Swedish, you need to meet the above mentioned requirements and also have sufficient knowledge of Swedish. Documentation of your knowledge of Swedish can be provided by TISUS (Test in Swedish for University Studies) or equivalent.

Remember that you must apply for all courses you want to take within the application period. Courses offered will run subject to a minimum of students applying for the course.

Students in their final year

Students who do not hold the required degree, but are registered for the last semester of a programme leading to such a degree, may be accepted by some universities.

An official document stating that you are likely to be awarded the degree by the start of the Swedish programme must be sent in with your application. The document must be issued through and certified by a representative of the Academic Registrar's Office, the Examinations Office or equivalent of the institution. Certification from other staff members, such as faculty or college staff members, will not be accepted.
 

Incoming exchange students (only students within study exchange programmes)

Alexandra Argiroudaki, Admissions Officer
Christian Tyrfelt, Admissions Officer
E-mail: exchange.admissions@kau.se

(Please note: we are not responsible for scholarships or PhD studies)

Incoming non-exchange students (free movers)

Malin Qvarnström, Admissions Officer
Phone: +46 (0)54 700 17 00 (mon 10-11, wed 13-14)
E-mail: admission@kau.se

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I have been studying in KAU in 2008-2010 and have wonderful experience during my time there. KAU is one the best place to study especially when it comes to research area.

I believe that i can help candidates from UAE and Pakistan as well to get the required information regarding Karlstad University.

WHAT DID YOU STUDIED AT KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY?

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